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The Third Man in Vienna–Underground Tour, which has visitors following in the footsteps of “The Third Man,” the silver screen classic from 1948. Travelers will go under the city, down the same staircase used in the movie, into the bowels of Vienna and into the world of smugglers and spies ($23 pp; not suitable for children under 12). Another recommendation: The company’s 9-day Private Chauffeured itinerary through Croatia and Slovenia from $5,451, land-only. poland & bohemia with insight vacations hanging with the girls in russia Included in Indus Travels’ Women Only programs is an 8-day tour to Russia that is led by a female tour leader. It features a cooking class in Moscow, including dinner; a visit to a Russian tea room for sweets and pastries; a Russian banya (sauna) experience; special Matryoshka doll shopping expedition; learning about Catherine the Great and visiting her summer palace; a farewell vodka cocktail in a local bar; and myriad other unique highlights. Rates are $2,399 and departure dates are May 11, July 13, and Sept. 14. For more information, visit indus. travel/russia/women-only-tours/wow-russia-express or indus.travel/login.aspx (travel agent login) Have clients who want to hang out with like-minded travelers? Recommend Insight Vacations’ annual Travel Forum Members tour to Poland and Bohemia taking place in 2014. It’s a 20-day exploration of Central Europe that will have participants hopping from Prague, Cesky Krumlov and Hradec Kralove in Czech Archived related articles Republic, to Wroclaw, Torun, Gdansk, Warsaw, Lublin, Zamosc, (available on recommend.com.magazine/issue-archive): A Taste of Tradition in Eastern Europe (July 2012) Zakopane, Krakow, Auschwitz, and Wadowice in Poland, as well as Bratislava in Slovakia. contact information Along the way, travelers will visit medieval spa towns, UNESCO Brendan Vacations: (800) 421-8446; brendanvacations.com or sites, castles, cathedrals, salt mines and century-old fortresses; brendanvacations.com/travel-agent-portal dine at Europe’s oldest restaurants; take strolls through ﬂower Exeter International: exeterinternational.com markets; and marvel at the variety of architectural styles throughExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tours: (800) 685-4565; experienceplus.com Hidden Trails: (888) 9-TRAILS; hiddentrails.com or hiddentrails.com/agents.aspx out the region. Insight Vacations: (888) 680-1241; insightvacations.com or Accommodations range from old inns to palaces and luxury insightvacations.com/us/user/log-in (travel agent login) hotels. Rates for this tour that sets off from Prague start at Anzeige Hamburg Tourism Recommend March 2013_Layout 1 11.02.13 O.A.R.S.:Seite 346-6277; oars.com 12:32 (800) 1 $5,879 pp. ● Secret Dalmatia: (877) 899-0635; secretdalmatia.com Living. Loving. Hamburg Hamburg offers up a lively and water-lined landscape where the traditional blends in harmoniously with the innovative. Think cool, elegant, chic…that’s Hamburg in a nutshell. 09 – 12 May 2013, 824th Harbor Anniversary and ship christening of the cruise liner MS Europa 2 24 – 25 May 2013, Elbjazz Festival on the harbor front Event Highlights 2013 9 – 30 June 2013, 39th Hamburg Ballet Festival in the Hamburg State Opera 26 January - 20 May 2013, Giacometti at Hamburger Kunsthalle and Bucerius Kunst Forum 26 – 29 September 2013, Reeperbahn Festival New International Music Festival 26 April – 13 October 2013, International Garden Show Hamburg 2013 25 November – 30/31 December 2013, Hamburg Christmas Markets, 15 markets in the city For more information visit www.hamburg-travel.com or contact Julia Grundmann (Head of Sales Promotion) directly under grundmann@hamburg-tourismus.de 98 march 2013 95-99 EU Tours.indd 98 recommend.com 2/21/13 8:22 AM http://www.industravels.ca/wow-tours.html http://www.indus.travel/login.aspx http://www.brendanvacations.com http://www.brendanvacations.com/travel-agent-portal http://www.exeterinternational.com http://www.experienceplus.com http://www.hiddentrails.com http://www.hiddentrails.com/agents.aspx http://www.insightvacations.com http://www.insightvacations.com/us/user/log-in http://www.oars.com http://www.secretdalmatia.com http://www.hamburg-travel.com http://www.hamburg-travel.com http://www.recommend.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Recommend March 2013

Editor's Notes/Agent Speak
Hotel Desk: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
Tour Talk: Travel Indochina
Safaris in Southern Africa
Un-Cruise Adventures in Alaska
Alaska is Celebrating in 2013
"Hard Rock" Chicago-Style: Rock out in the Windy City
Mexico Destination Weddings & Honeymoon Planner
Girldfriends' Getaway at Eden Roc, Miami Beach
Kyushu: The Rising Sun of Japanese Destinations
The New All-Inclusives in Jamaica Claim Their Turf
RIU Punta Cana
Costa Rica: A Trio of Detours
Touring Central & Eastern Europe

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